A choppingless converter for switched reluctance motor with unity power factor and sinusoidal input current

This paper describes a new converter topology for switched reluctance motor drives. The new topology consists of a pair of boost-buck power converters and a machine converter. The boost converter lets the system deliver sinusoidal input current and enhances the DC source voltage having the capability of fast current rise/decay of the stator windings. It also provides DC voltage regulation. The buck converter is used to regulate the DC source voltage responding to the motor speed variations. The wide pre-voltage regulation by the two power conversion stages eliminates the high voltage-choppings to control the stator winding currents. This enables the machine-drive converter to work in single pulse-current mode, hence, removing the switching losses.<<ETX>>

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